The Bunker Hill Indians were a part of the Midget Division, which was supervised by Ed Darragh and was comprised of the smallest and youngest of the Club members. The Bunker Hill Indians dressed up as Indians and performed brief sketches, which were photographed. Initially, the Indians were not supervised by Ed Darragh. Here are some pictures of them before Darragh’s time.
Notice in the photographs above and below, that the children are wearing pants.
Then Ed Darragh took over. And things changed — dramatically.
In the pool, things were much worse. All the boys were stark naked.
The picture above may have been taken at the South Boston Boys Club, but it was the same thing at the Charlestown Boys Club.
This pictures gives a good idea of just how young some boys were. The boys in the front row would have been assigned to the Midget Division, which was Ed Darragh’s responsibility.